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Danny Elfman, Various Artists - Big Fish

Danny Elfman, Various Artists - Big Fish

Band: Danny Elfman, Various Artists Title: Big Fish Rating: Release Date: 23 December, 2003 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Man Of The Hour - Pearl Jam 2: Dinah - Bing Crosby 3: Everyday - Buddy Holly 4: All Shook Up - Elvis Presley 5: Five O'Clock World - The Vogues 6: Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers 7: Let's Work Together - Canned Heat 8: Pictures - Danny Elfman 9: Big Fish (Titles) - Danny Elfman 10: Shoe Stealing - Danny Elfman 11: Underwater - Danny Elfman 12: Sandra's Theme - Danny Elfman 13: The Growing Montage - Danny Elfman 14: Leaving Spectre - Danny Elfman 15: Return to Spectre - Danny Elfman 16: Rebuilding - Danny Elfman 17: The Journey Home - Danny Elfman 18: In the Tub - Danny Elfman 19: Sandra's Farewell - Danny Elfman 20: Finale - Danny Elfman 21: End Titles - Danny Elfman 22: Jenny's Theme - Danny Elfman 23: Twice the Love (Siamese Twins' Song) - Danny Elfman

Editoral Review But composer Danny Elfman understands their every dark nook and murky cranny with this magical, often deftly understated score. Director Tim Burton's adaptation of author Daniel Wallace's bittersweet Southern Gothic novel has been billed as his first mainstream character drama, a notion that conveniently ignores the story's inherent fables and flights of imagination. While the epic melodrama of his comic book scores (Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk, et. al. ) have made him a mainstream Hollywood music star, longtime fans know that the composer's true emotional range is seldom tapped as well as it is working with longtime collaborator Burton. His music here bridges the delicate pastoralism of Rachel Portman and restless, rhythmic mysteries of Thomas Newman, seasoned with twangy fiddles and bowings to the film's occasionally Gothic turns and concludes with the deliciously loopy "Twice the Love (Siamese Twins Song). " Anchored by Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam's wistful theme song "Man of the Hour" and a half-dozen pop chart nuggets than span half-a-century, Elfman's work here (as well as Pearl Jam's) received a much-deserved Golden Globe nomination. --Jerry McCulley .. You can see a complete list of all Danny Elfman, Various Artists discography, or go back to the Danny Elfman, Various Artists tabs